Purely speculation here, but what value and worth would we put on our young King Billy these days.

Now I am only asking what we would think our top scorer is reasonable worth in the current market. Aberdeen having just sold an 18 year old with minimal first team appearances for £ 300k. And then on the other hand Neil Lennons Celtic are quoting ludicrous values for his players. They have turned down a bid of £ 5.5m from Norwich, and value him three times that, Wanyama is being valued at £ 25m although he is class, but not that much.

McKay has also been called up for the national team, but Hooper has not.

Our McKay has out scored Hooper this season, in a team that doesnt create as much as Celtic. I dont want him to go anywhere either, but what price would you put on him now 

Id say...right now, I could see ICT punting him for about £400k-500k, IF an offer came in.

I can't to be honest. Mackay is scoring for fun at the moment. He could be the difference between staying in the position we are in and the prize money for that position plus the money for getting a European spot.

I don't think we should sell him then.   

well we only have 7 more days to worry about players leaving. Annoyingly its always the same in Jan any deals happen last minute which for a smaller club means its almost impossible to bring any cover into the club.

Id say...right now, I could see ICT punting him for about £400k-500k, IF an offer came in.

I can't to be honest. Mackay is scoring for fun at the moment. He could be the difference between staying in the position we are in and the prize money for that position plus the money for getting a European spot.

 

Wouldn't get too carried away about "profits from European Football".  Returns for games in the early rounds are minimal and it's not uncommon for teams to actually lose money from their participation due to having to spend on additional items to allow them to gain the standards required for licensing etc.

also the cost of starting pre-season early, plus the potentially expensive traveling arrangements.

 

a sell out for the home leg of any preliminary round match would be a boost, a european campaign for a scottish side typically lasts only 2 matches.

Edited January 24, 201313 yr by clacher_holiday2

I think the "E" word should be banned on this site until at least March. We don't want to jinx anything. 

I think the "E" word should be banned on this site until at least March. We don't want to jinx anything. 

Good point, that's the Sombrero back up in the loft

You don't need a Sombrero for a trip to Wales.

With McKay being the spl top scorer you would expect his value to be pretty healthy considering that hooper has been subject to offers of over £5m and he is 3 goals behind. But in the SPL it doesnt matter how good you are or how many goals you score, its all about the team you play for. If McKay was at Celtic he would he worth in the millions. At hearts, hibs, aberdeen perhaps750k-£1m. Dundee utd, killie, motherwell perhaps 500k-750k but at inverness i would expect clubs to bid about 3-400k for him. In my opinion ICT have never got value for money for the players they have sold as clubs do not want to pay the big bucks for players they still believe are from a small club

^ I do agree, but regarding Hooper and other Celtic players they carry the level of over inflated values that players do elsewhere in Europe due to playing CL and in Hoopers case performing well and scoring in the CL. I don't think we can compare our players directly although I do agree they are often undervalued in comparison to other SPL clubs.

I'm struggling to think of any player we've sold that's gone on to be successful.  For most of our best players, the time just runs out on their contract.

I'm struggling to think of any player we've sold that's gone on to be successful.  For most of our best players, the time just runs out on their contract.

Don Cowie's been doing ok.

I'm struggling to think of any player we've sold that's gone on to be successful.  For most of our best players, the time just runs out on their contract.

 

Barry Robson and Don Cowie spring to mind

Cowie: pre-contract then moving for a nominal fee - I guess it's a sale but we couldn't have sold him for any more.  That is what I am getting at. 

 

Have we actually sold players for a fee that was under what we should have?  The ones that we may have gotten a few for (Black, Cowie, Dods etc), we couldn't have demanded much due to the contract situation.  Niculae wasn't worth more than what we got and Rankin was probably about right.

 

Any diamonds we had locked up in a long contract that we sold for peanuts?

 

Yeah, Robson was one, I'll grant you.  Any more?

Edited January 25, 201313 yr by starchief

mark brown went for 150-200k i think when he didnt have long left on his contract

For European afficianados,  please remember...

 

" Euro-nly-as-good-as-your -last-game."...

Must win that last game then, who do we play?..............

Mackay's worth is perhaps now driven by the YouTube royalties on that miss.

As has been said, he's only worth what someone will pay for him. We've got to consider aswell though whether he's scoring because he's (on current stats) the best finisher in the league, or are we creating the chances that many strikers could finish. Obviously I can only comment from highlights this year and I'm sure you guys can tell me which side of the fence it falls on.

But if we could get £500k-£750k for him, replace him for cheaper with a striker who could finish the same chances, and strengthen other areas at the same time, is it worth it?

Ian Black is doing well - and there is no way I am avoiding "E's" until April - they brighten up the weekends.